Mega Millions

I'm going to have to buy a lottery ticket in the next day or two now that the prize is almost half a billion dollars. That's a lot of money.....

what would you do first if you won?

(we all pitched in for tickets at work)

Originally Posted by AbsoluteApril

what would you do first if you won?

(we all pitched in for tickets at work)

Rent my sons one of those suites at the Toyota Center to see Aerosmith in I think June. Costs $2-5,000 depending on location and meals ordered. Well worth it.

Wow, nobody won last night?

We recently started playing. Figure we can't win if we don't play.

Good luck to those holding tickets!

Originally Posted by Shadera

Wow, nobody won last night?

We recently started playing. Figure we can't win if we don't play.

Good luck to those holding tickets!

I figure my chances of winning if I buy a ticket are about the same as them accidentally sending me a check for the entire amount even if I don't so I've decided to keep my money.

You are a wise man, Steve. Still, whenever I purchase a high stakes lottery ticket I fantasize about how it would be if I was wealthy and that's worth a buck.
Understand, I'm not unhappy now. Money doesn't buy happiness. But it can buy Aerosmith tickets, luxuries for the kids, and a little more security for old age, and so on.

Originally Posted by Shadera

Good luck to those holding tickets!

If I do win we all are going to have one heck of a Fauna party, lol.

Originally Posted by Lucille

Money doesn't buy happiness.

I'd like the opportunity to prove that for myself. I'm pretty happy now, but when I get upset, it's usually due to lack of money. It sure would be nice to know how I'm going to get all 3 kids through college. After that, a house in the Turks and Caicos, my favorite place on earth.


Noelle

It is $500 million now. I think the cash value is like $350 million dollars. If I won, I would first spend $1million to get it out of my system. I would then invest about $5 million in Gold and high interest CD's. I would then contact my local zoo and tell them I would like to work there in the reptile display. When they ask me what my education is, I would tell them that I graduated high school but that isn't important because they are about to be handed $5million dollars for my employment. I would then contact one of the high end carpet python breeders and tell them I would like to invest a few million dollars in their company and I would like to be apart of that. After that, me and my wife would probably take a vacation somewhere and I would give her a few million to go buy whatever she wants. I would then look into buying a new house, around the $300,000 mark would be fine. I would pay off my car and then buy two new cars... my favorites. They are a 2005 Infiniti G35 coupe and a Infiniti FX35, also a 2005 model.

After that, I would give my family about $20 million dollars and I would give almost my whole 3rd shift at work $1million a piece to quit. That would be about $40million or so for all of them. After all this, I would go to the store and buy a 6 pack of Budlight, come home and not worry about a damn thing for the rest of my life.

Originally Posted by AbsoluteApril

what would you do first if you won?

(we all pitched in for tickets at work)

I gotz tickets!!

I'll be scouting out a few acres and a good home contractor.